Memories of a distant summer

遠い夏の記憶

love poem

恋の詩

Aoyama area at night

夜の青山界隈

midnight portrait

真夜中のポートレート

Sun of Remembrance

追憶の太陽

EXHIBITION

This work is a photo book that contains the aftermath of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, an unprecedented disaster that occurred in January 1995. I went to the site immediately after the earthquake, walked around Kobe City and Nishinomiya City, and continued to cover the area carefully afterwards. The photos in this book are all heavy and intense, but they are different from news photos and have a unique tone that is mysteriously quiet.

Umino Kosei Sun Postcard Set "When I was a child long ago, the sun of my memories was like a friend that taught me not only warmth and brightness, but also kindness, strength, compassion, size and breadth, and even dreams and hopes."

Yomiuri Shimbun 読売新聞 Saturday, September 16, 1995

Disaster-hit areas speak out
Photo exhibition in Aoyama
Photos of the town immediately after the disaster

Mr. Partner　ミスターパートナー　May 1999

Book information
"SIREN TO SILENCE" Memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, by Umino Kosei
The Great Hanshin Earthquake left many dead and huge scars. Despite this, the passage of time is cruel, and it is true that it is trying to be buried in people's memories.
This book is a photo book that vividly records the great earthquake. The tragically collapsed houses, the elevated roads turned to rubble, the expressions of the survivors. The monochrome photographs speak eloquently in the imagination and stir memories. January 17, 1995, was not the "end" but the "beginning."

PHOTO TECHNIC フォトテクニック 1999 3/4 bimonthly issue

Books
"SIREN TO SILENCE" Memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake
A photo documentary that captures with a tranquil gaze the city and life destroyed by the Great Hanshin Earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1995. The nightmarish scenery is contrasted by a sense of calm and power of rebirth.

Mainichi Shimbun 毎日新聞 Friday, March 5, 1999

Never forget! The Great Hanshin Earthquake
"I used a Swedish Hasselblad camera and 6x6 size negatives so that each subject would look realistic," says Umino Kosei, author of the photo book "SIREN TO SILENCE: Memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake"

Yomiuri Shimbun,読売新聞 Wednesday, September 22, 1999

Paintings and photographs
Umino Kosei (4x5) Until the 26th, Gofa Gallery, Omotesando. Approximately 20 black and white close-ups of the faces of five top models active in New York and Milan, captured with a 4x5 inch large format camera. The changes in their facial expressions are expressed in a series of photographs.

TILLティル 1999/Issue 2

The recommended book selected by the "Book Editorial Department" is this.

Asahi Shimbun,朝日新聞 Monday, January 24, 2000

Photos taken in the disaster area, moving memories from the earthquake (Ginza)
Photographer Umino Yoshiyo (45), who rushed to the scene of the Great Hanshin Earthquake, is holding a photo exhibition titled "SIREN TO SILENCE" to commemorate the Great Hanshin Earthquake at Kodak Photo Salon (☎3572-4411) in Ginza 6-chome, Chuo Ward.

Myutos ミュートス Job Information Magazine October 21, 2000

Creative Feature

Documentary photography and the relentless pursuit of beauty

This book is a very sophisticated pickle recipe book by Umino Kosei, who is a photographer by trade but also has professional-level cooking skills.
It includes instructions on how to make stylish "Omotesando pickles," from classic pickles to more unusual Japanese-style pickles such as tofu pickles and grilled leek pickles.
Each of the delicious pickles that Umino Kosei normally eats with his drinks is introduced with beautiful photographs taken by him himself.